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Volleyball Sweeps Oregon State for Pac-10 Win

CORVALLIS, Ore. - The Washington State volleyball team took a 31-29, 30-22, 30-26, win over Oregon State for the Cougars' third win in Pacific-10 Conference action, Friday night at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis.

'The team played excellent tonight and did a nice job of executing the scouting report and dissecting the Oregon State defense,' WSU Head Coach Brian Heffernan said. 'Defensively, we were really able to slow down their key hitters by serving tough and keeping them out of their system all night.'

Oregon State (3-18, 0-12) was led by the 21 kills and two service ace of Rachel Rourke. Kristin Murray and Jennifer Fitz each had 14 digs for the Beavers. Rourke and Ashley Evans added 10 digs each and Evans had 27 assists.

The Cougars hit .256 and kept OSU to a .182 hitting percentage as WSU won for the first time in five matches and had the first sweep since Sept. 9 when the Cougs defeated Texas-Arlington.

WSU returns to Pullman for its next match against No. 4 Washington, Friday, Nov. 10, at 7 p.m. in Bohler Gym.